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Credit Management Index (CMI) Could Begin Summer with Firm Rebound
The numbers in NACM’s June Credit Managers’ Index (CMI), which will be released Friday at nacm.org, are likely to reflect a strong monthly rebound in business conditions. The index has been on a...
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China Sees Rise of Fintech E-payment Tech Firms
The rise of electronic payments providers in China is facilitating more online consumption and “omni-channel retailing” and may serve as a source of competition to traditional retailers and banking...
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US Risk Climate: Small Business Owners Remain Optimistic
A surge in small business optimism that started last November was continued in March, according to the National Federation of Independent Business’ (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index. Though the...
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Moody’s Database Reveals Insights into Corporate Debt Structure
Analysis of data from a database of debt instruments from Moody’s Investors Service may yield helpful insights ahead of the next economic downturn. The data reveals how default types change over time,...
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USA Risk Climate: Optimism among Small Business Owners Highest in over a Decade
Notwithstanding the concern expressed by the G20 and B20 Forums about the general lack of prosperity of SMEs, the news from the United States is encouraging as reported by the National Association of...
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Large Banks Pile into Blockchain Trading Platform Project
Large, multinational banks are partnering together to build a new global trade finance platform using Blockchain technology. According to a report in Global Trade Review (GTR), Commerzbank, Bank of...
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US Business Climate: Small Business Optimism Takes a Dive
Led by a severe drop in sales expectations across the country, the Index of Small Business Optimism from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) slid from 105.3 to 103 in September. “The...
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Asian Development Survey Suggests Fintech, Digitization Still Not...
Banks and companies in the trade finance sector are increasingly using digital solutions to address companies’ significant and unmet financing needs. Yet the global trade finance gap—estimated at $1.5...
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US Credit Climate: Small-Business Optimism Heads for Record Levels
A surge in capital spending and high sales expectations have caused a streak of historically high performances dating back to November to continue in the Index of Small Business Optimism from the...
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Tightening of Short-term Business Loans in China Worries Some Analysts
The rate of short-term, non-financial corporate bank loans to companies in China has fallen in recent months to less than 1% from a high of 4.8% growth in January 2016. The tightening—a result of...
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Credit Managers Index Beat Expectations on the Upside
One of the bellwether indices, which may give an inkling of potential rise in demand for commercial credit information, is the Credit Managers Index (CMI) released by the National Association of Credit...
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Country Risk Climate USA: Sharp Improvement Seen in Credit Managers’ Index
Each month we (ARMADA) release some of the data collected by the National Association for Credit Management in their Credit Managers’ Index. This is a survey of the nation’s credit managers and over...
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US Credit Climate: Looking for Green Shoots in the Credit Manager’s Index
Important news from our friends at Armada Corporate Intelligence. There is a temptation to look at this month’s CMI data and start cheering wildly, but it would probably be a good idea to show some...
View ArticleThe Bellwether Index for Credit Managers Trends in a More Positive Direction
After a somewhat rocky beginning there has been a welcome correction as far as economic data is concerned. Now the question is which of these trends will really take hold through the remainder of 2019?...
View ArticleFirst Blockchain Syndicated Loan a Success
During the week of Nov. 5, the first-ever loan between three countries was transmitted via blockchain. A total of $150 million in a syndicated loan for Red Eléctrica, the Spanish grid operator, was...
View ArticleUK Credit Climnate: Large Firms Still Pay Late Despite Legislation
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in the U.K. announced this week that larger firms that do not pay their suppliers on time should be stripped of government contracts. Late payments have...
View ArticleUS Credit Climate: End of Summer Brings CMI Out of Decline
The dreary decline of NACM’s bellwether Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) ended in August as the manufacturing and service sectors emerged from the darkness with the first positive readings in two months....
View ArticleUS Risk Climate: Small Business Optimism Reaches New High During July
Small businesses can breathe a sigh of relief moving forward as this past month saw a rise in expansion and higher nominal sales, according to the National Federation of Independent Business’ (NFIB)...
View ArticleEmbracing New Technology: More Small Businesses Taking Credit/Debit Payments
Small business owners look like they’re embracing new technologies when it comes to the types of payments their businesses will accept, allowing more in-person credit and debit card payments using...
View ArticleP3 Projects in China Rise at Steep Pace
Public-private partnerships (P3s) in China that are used to build up infrastructure, among other projects, have been increasing in number and investment value as more projects are set to be implemented...
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